Steve remembers his dad using a Case check-row planter similar to this one.

Photo by Nikki Rajala

Though commonly used into the 1950s, check-row planters lost their usefulness with the development of more advanced planters. With more technology, productivity per acre rose dramatically, and crop spraying eliminated the need for the intensive cultivating practices of the past.

Photo by Nikki Rajala

Steve’s Comfort King has an 8-speed transmission.

Photo by Bill Vossler

Case engines like the one on this Model LA are known for their lugging power.